Vexillum speciosum

Vexillum speciosum
Vexillum (Pusia) speciosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Subgenus: Pusia
Species: V. speciosum
Binomial name
Vexillum (Pusia) speciosum
(Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra speciosa Reeve, 1844
  • Mitra pusio Philippi, R.A., 1850
  • Vexillum trizonalis Dautzenberg, Ph., 1935

Vexillum (Pusia) speciosum, common name : the specious mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]

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Description

The shell size varies between 15 mm and 22 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Réunion, Chagos and the Mascarene basin

References

  1. ^ a b Vexillum (Pusia) speciosum (Reeve, 1844).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208353 on 15 December 2010.
  • Sheppard, A (1984). The molluscan fauna of Chagos (Indian Ocean) and an analysis ot its broad distribution patterns. Coral Reefs 3: 43-50
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
  • Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1-100 page(s): 60

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